Clayton Kershaw hosted the Ping Pong 4 Purpose charity event on Monday night and talked to Fox News Digital about his fundraising efforts and the legacy of Vin Scully.
last week. He called Dodgers games when they first played in Brooklyn and followed the team to Los Angeles until he retired from broadcasting in 2016.
Broadcaster Vin Scully poses for a photo prior a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles Sept. 20, 2016. "I’m thankful I got to know him as a man. Such a great person, such a great legacy that he left and carried on with his family and everything he’s done and stood for. He’s been a lot of things to a lot of different people and I’m not different than that."
Kershaw and his wife Ellen have been married since 2010. The two started the annual event in 2013 to help raise money and awareness for Kershaw’s Challenge – which"seeks to serve vulnerable and at-risk children living in Los Angeles, Dallas, Zambia and the Dominican Republic," according to his charity’s website."It’s just an incredible feeling to be able to help that many kids and have that many people support us.